Police mounted a helicopter search for a 28-year-old man who fled after a crash in Radstock this morning.

The man, described as a "driver" by police and who may be injured, absconded from the scene of the collision which happened on the A362 Somervale Road shortly after midnight.

A woman aged about 37 years was taken to the RUH for "precautionary checks" following the crash, the fire service said.

Police and the ambulance service were already at the scene when fire crews from Radstock and Paulton arrived, having been called to a reported fuel spillage at 12.19am on Saturday, June 9.

Fire officers used a thermal imaging camera to find any possible casualties in the area, and cleared the fuel from the road using a high-pressure hose reel and a dispersal agent.

"One woman, possibly aged 37, was taken to hospital for precautionary checks," a spokeswoman for Avon Fire and Rescue said.

A National Police Air Service helicopter was used in the search (Image: NPAS Filton)

"One 28-year-old male absconded from the scene with suspected injuries.

"A police helicopter was used to assist in the search, but the casualty was not found."

The National Police Air Service's Filton base tweeted at 2.11am that it was searching for a driver that left the scene of a "serious collision".

Police are still searching for the driver who fled the single-vehicle collision.

An ambulance spokeswoman said: "We were called on Saturday just after midnight to attend a road traffic accident on the A362 Somervale Road, Radstock. It was understood that a car had overturned.

"We attended this incident with a rapid response vehicle, an operations officer and an ambulance.

"A female patient was driven by ambulance to the Royal United Hospital in Bath with suspected injuries."

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